Public Key Infrastructure

A robust, flexible, standard, and open
Public-Key Infra-structure Architecture is critical to
the success of secure systems based on Public-Key
technology.

The Open Group have begun to work with
experts in other organisations, (IETF, CommerceNet,
European Commission funded projects, etc.), to define a
common architecture for a public key infrastructure. This
will make use of existing standards in The Open Group and
the IETF for instance, and will identify gaps in the
infrastructure that need to be filled. The Open Group
also intends to work with other organisations to
encourage early commercial implementations and pilot
trials.